"Equal parts Joe Strummer and Dizzee Rascal, Jamie narrates witty, filthy, sometimes tragic tales of London life peppered with patois and accompanied by cheap drum-machine beats and the twang of an acoustic bass guitar."

amazon.co.uk also wrote:

"One of the latest London MC/producers to follow in the formidable footsteps of The Streets, Jamie T mixes up an earnest slack-rap style with influences that range from reggae-inspired post punk bands like The Clash to drum & bass, electronica, hip hop and even a splash of Tom Waits-roguery."

Hight now it's Finntroll's Visor om Slutet. Finntroll is a Swedish metal band with an overbearing amount of folk influences, and the resulting mix is pretty interesting. The album is...hmm, how to describe it...it's mostly acoustic, and would make great gaming music, actually...

Hight now it's Finntroll's Visor om Slutet. Finntroll is a Swedish metal band with an overbearing amount of folk influences, and the resulting mix is pretty interesting. The album is...hmm, how to describe it...it's mostly acoustic, and would make great gaming music, actually...

Finnish actually, though for some obscure reason they sing in Swedish...but they are pretty fun band though.

With nearly 5000 songs and me liking a very diverse range of music it gets kind of random.

Last songs were (I think) something by Alpine Allstars then a tune by Kodo (japanese drumming) into Zombie Nation by Kern Kraft then 'Darts' by System of a Down and now its playing something haunting that could be a dark Aphex Twin remix of Nine Inch Nails.

Keeping my fingers crossed for something a little more chilled to go with my headache. The ipods in the other room and I cant be bothered to go press skip.

Loreena McKennitt "Marco Polo"
Its actually one song on a mix cd I've dubbed "Tavern Tunes" I'm still building. Its mainly Nickel Creek and Loreena McKennitt, with one song by the Ditty Bops and two solo songs: one by Sean Watkins and the other by Chris Thile, both from Nickel Creek.

Chemical City, by Sam Roberts. Currently just finishing track 6: Mystified, Heavy and moving on to track 7: An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay (one of the highlights of the album)

"Going where I can't be found
And I won't be coming 'round
No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in town
And you're understood"

'Le Disko' by Shiny Toy Guns
'Nutshell' by Alice In Chains
'Sowing Season' by Brand New
'Voices' by Disturbed
'The Going Price for Home' by the Prize Fighter Inferno
'Themata' by Karnivool
'Blue' by A Perfect Circle
'(You Can't Kill) The Metal' by Tenacious D
'Dark Chest of Wonders' by Nightwish
'Cassie' by Flyleaf
'Tied My Hands' by Saron Gas
'Eyes Sewn Shut' by The Agony Scene
'Passage to Bangkok' by Rush
and 'Circle Pit' by Refused:

We pride ourselves on the integrity of our herds,
But words are just words are just words...
Well the brand you wear is the same as mine.
How can we be out of step
IF WE'RE STILL IN LINE?

One More Round. One More Round.
We wouldn't wanna tread new ground!
One More Round.

Another circle drawn for another carbon copy,
As we limit ourselves to the flag of our flock.
Circle Pit Mentality. Individ-removal.
Cut to fit for music herd approval!
A shepherd vacancy, but don't look to us.
All the phony Beatle mania has bitten the dust.

Circle complete in the imitation zone...
FIND A NEW KING FOR YOUR THRONE!
FIND A NEW KING FOR YOUR THRONE!
One More Round. One More Round.
WOULDN'T WANT TO TREAD NEW GROUND!
ONE MORE ROUND!

The din of silence in my house. With two kids in the house, the silence is appreciated. If I were playing something right now, it would be some sort of celtic instrumental, or celtic harp music 'cause its what I like when I'm winding down.

Set my Ipod to shuffle all the Boston songs on there (Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, Walk On, Corporate America and Greatest Hits). Been listening to them all week in memory of Brad Delp. The music world lost a giant when he passed on...

I'm on a time machine back to my troubled youth with The Smashing Pumpkins' Greatest Hits. I have just about all of their other albums, but I just put this one on the ipod for some reason. And I got suckered into buying the two disc set because of the b-sides, only to realize that there was a good reason most of them were b-sides. Yep.